Senior Risk Management Project / Program Manager

Grow your career as a Senior Risk Management Project / Program Manager with an innovative global bank working in New York, NY. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 2-3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 6-12+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration.
• 12+ years of overall experience, with at least half of that time in Risk Management (Operational Risk, Credit Risk, or Model Risk).
• Strong Project / Program management experience.
• Recent experience managing projects and/or quality assurance reviews for a banking institution.
• Must have experience in Risk Management and understanding of regulatory and risk management in the financial services industry.
• Experience in process mapping, process redesign, and process reengineering.
• Excellent communication including the ability to concisely summarize and clearly articulate a problem statement, a solution, deadlines and deliverables clearly to senior members of the organization.
• Must have experience in process mapping, process redesign,
• Experience in Change management.
• Experience using Jira, MS Project, Excel, and SharePoint.
• Very strong soft skills to work with senior stakeholders to achieve goals.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Strongly prefer Big 4 experience
• Certifications: PMP (Project Management Professional), FRM (Financial Risk Manager) are advantageous

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide an independent initial assessment and challenge on project and program artifacts during all project phases.
• Work with project managers to remediate data quality deficiencies.
• Execute against multiple competing priorities simultaneously.
• Support in identifying upcoming artifacts due, phase changes, risk and issue maintenance, and required training coming due.
• Escalate past due artifacts, phases, risks, issues, and required training.
• Perform monthly entitlements reconciliation to assure the right roles for the right people.
• Perform routine Jira maintenance to track PQA (project quality assurance) findings.
• Assist with thematic analysis and PowerPoint slide creation.
• Governance and project management oversight.